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10. Veronica angustifolia A. Rich. var. abbreviata var. nov. 



Racemi foliis breviores 2-3 cm. longi, 1-2 cm. la ti , obtusi, dense niulti- 

 flori ; folia quam in forma typica subbreviora ; capsulis baud visis. 



Valley of the Ure River, Marlborough : B.C. Aston ! 



Collected early April, 1915. Though collected very late in the season, 

 Mr. Aston's specimens are in full flower. When ripe capsules can be 

 examined this plant may be found to deserve specific rank. 



11. Carex Wallii sp. nov. 



Planta humilis laxe caespitans, in locis humidis v. uliginosis crescens. 



Folia pauca filiformia flaccida plana v. leviter complicata striata apices 

 versus delicatule scaberula, 6 cm. longa v. breviora ; vaginis valde tenuibus 

 ■±_ striatis in ligulam latam truncatam desinentibus. Culmi folia longe 

 excedentes suberecti filiformes ± trigoni flaccidi nudi ad 12 cm. longi. 

 Spiculae solitariae terminales parvae subovatae ad 5 mm. longae ebracteatae, 

 floribus superioribus masculis, inferioribus (ad 6) femineis ; florum femine- 

 orum glumis membranaceis late ovatis subacuminatis 1-nerviis pallide 

 viridibus, marginibus ± scariosis, gluma infima nonnunquam bractiformi. 

 Utriculi glumas excedentes 2 mm. longi semiteretes v. late biconvexi ovati 

 subpaullo alati, dorso leviter 5-nervii, a basi i rotundati, supra gradatim 

 in rostrum gracile vix longum integrum abeuntes. Styli rami 3. Nux 

 ^ triquetro-biconvexa. 



A more of less matted slender plant, growing in wet or damp spots. 



Leaves, few, filiform, flaccid, flat or more or less folded striate, finely 

 scaberulous towards the tips, 6 cm. long or less ; sheaths very thin, finely 

 ribbed, and ending in a broad truncate ligule. Culms much exceeding the 

 leaves, suberect, usually more or less curved, glabrous, filiform, more or 

 less trigonous, flaccid, 12 cm. long or less. Spikelets solitary, terminal, 

 small, ovoid in outline, ebracteate, 5 mm. long or rather less ; the upper 

 flowers male, the lower (6 or fewer) female ; glumes of the female flowers 

 membranous, broadly ovate, subacuminate, pale green, the edges more or 

 less scarious ; the lowermost glume occasionally produced into a bracti- 

 form elongation. Utricles longer than the glumes, ± 2 mm long 

 semiterete or broadly biconvex, slightly winged, rather faintly 5-nerved 

 on the back, ovate rather wide near the more or less rounded base and 

 gradually narrowed above into a slender short entire beak ; style-branches 

 3 ; nut more or less triquetrously biconvex. 



Hab. — Wet ground at Centre Hill, Southland : Arnold Wall ! Collected 

 February, 1920. 



I have not seen much material of this plant, and most of the specimens 

 were over-mature. It is very distinct from any other native species of 

 Carex, but its position can hardly be determined with certainty until fuller 

 material is available for examination. The present description may then 

 prove to need amendment in some details. 



